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Section A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA
Area 2,860 acres
Population—Registrar-General's estimate 37,860
Number of inhabited houses, end of 1943 11,475 approx.
Rateable value on April 1st, 1943 £329,581 0 0
Sum represented by a penny rate on April 1st,
1943 (gross) £1,373 5 1
Vital Statistics
M. F.
Total 389 326 Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population:18.9.
Live Births Legitimate 382 321
Illegitimate 7 5
M. F.
Total 11 10 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births; 28.5.
Stillbirths Legitimate 11 10
Illegitimate - -
M.F.
Deaths 154 159 Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population: 8.3
Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis 0
„ „ other puerperal causes 1
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 23.8
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 24.2
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births —
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 60
„ „ Measles (all ages) 1
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 0
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 0
„ „ Scarlet Fever 0
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